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Juha Metsola

Tappara / Liiga - 24/25

1-time Liiga Best Goaltender (Urpo Ylönen Award)

Date of Birth

Feb 24, 1989

Position

Age

Height

5'10" / 177 cm

Place of Birth

Tampere, FIN

Weight

152 lbs / 69 kg

Nation

Finland

Catches

Youth Team

Ilves

Contract

25/26

Agency

PREMIUM

Metsola is a goalie with terrific agility and anticipation. Has great reflexes and loves to come way out of his crease and challenge shooters. Is pretty small for a modern netminder, though.
- Ulf Andersson & Erik K. Piri, EP (2014)

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Juha Metsola Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2004-05	Ilves U16	U16 SM-sarja	14*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	10.89	.706	-	-	-	-	-
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	12*	-*	1.98*	.935*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	6*	-*	3.01*	.911*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	23*	-*	2.66*	.922*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	5	-	2.84	.913	-	-	-	-	-
	Ilves	SM-liiga	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	4*	6*	2.11*	.919*	7*	79*	0*	2-1-0 *	199*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	5*	-*	1.44*	.950*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	1*	-*	1.92*	.920*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2007-08	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	30*	-*	1.98*	.916*	56*	612*	3*	20-7-1 *	1 694*	\|	Playoffs	18	-	2.37	.908	44	435	3	12-5-1	1 114
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	2*	-*	6.07*	.854*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2008-09	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL	53*	-*	2.80*	.907*	144*	1 398*	5*	25-21-5 *	3 087*	\|	Playoffs	10	-	3.27	.883	32	242	0	4-6-0	588
	Finland U20	WJC-20	4*	6*	1.47*	.939*	6*	92*	0*	3-1-0 *	245*	\|
2009-10	HPK	SM-liiga	4*	-*	3.30*	.871*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	-	5.44	.750	-	-	-	-	-
	LeKi	Mestis	4*	-*	2.01*	.933*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	KooKoo	Mestis	6*	-*	1.93*	.939*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	TuTo Hockey	Mestis	3*	-*	2.68*	.926*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2010-11	HPK	SM-liiga	6*	-*	1.80*	.942*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	LeKi	Mestis	2*	-*	3.05*	.907*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Ilves	SM-liiga	2*	-*	1.48*	.930*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2011-12	Tappara	SM-liiga	26*	59*	2.76*	.925*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	LeKi	Mestis	2*	-*	2.40*	.947*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	Tappara	SM-liiga	46*	-*	2.09*	.930*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	15	-	1.84	.941	-	-	-	-	-
	LeKi	Mestis	2*	-*	2.03*	.939*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	1*	-*	0.00*	1.000*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2013-14	Tappara	Liiga	56*	-*	1.92*	.926*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	20	-	1.93	.928	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	Tappara	Liiga	57*	-*	1.91*	.936*	108*	1 581*	8*	26-16-14 *	3 386*	\|	Playoffs	20	-	2.23	.924	47	569	1	11-8-0	1 266
	Finland (all)	International	1*	-*	1.00*	.966*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	44*	50*	2.15*	.927*	90*	1 136*	5*	14-21-7 *	2 513*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	5*	-*	2.23*	.908*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2016-17	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	54*	57*	1.87*	.933*	97*	1 356*	7*	21-26-5 *	3 117*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	3*	-*	3.92*	.851*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2017-18	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL	52*	52*	2.25*	.923*	114*	1 359*	3*	28-17-6 *	3 040*	\|	Playoffs	5	5	2.42	.930	12	159	0	1-4-0	298
	Finland	OG	0*	2*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2018-19	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	48*	53*	2.02*	.934*	93*	1 324*	4*	25-20-1 *	2 762*	\|	Playoffs	17	17	1.54	.956	30	654	1	10-7-0	1 170
	Finland (all)	International	1*	3*	3.00*	.857*	3*	18*	0*	0-1-0 *	58*	\|
2019-20	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	51*	60*	2.04*	.930*	100*	1 332*	7*	22-22-6 *	2 938*	\|	Playoffs	6	6	3.43	.908	18	177	0	4-2-0	316
2020-21	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	39*	44*	2.35*	.915*	92*	993*	2*	21-14-3 *	2 348*	\|	Playoffs	9	9	2.15	.915	18	193	2	4-5-0	503
2021-22	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	KHL	31*	45*	1.87*	.931*	55*	744*	5*	18-10-1 *	1 761*	\|	Playoffs	1	1	1.00	.967	1	29	0	1-0-0	60
2022-23	EHC Kloten	NL	37*	-*	2.90*	.912*	101*	1 051*	1*	14-13-2 *	2 092*	\|	Playoffs	3	-	3.01	.911	9	92	0	1-2-0	180
2023-24	EHC Kloten	NL	38*	-*	3.19*	.901*	116*	1 060*	0*	12-21-3 *	2 184*	\|
2024-25	Tappara	Liiga	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|

Juha Metsola Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
2011-12	Tappara	ET	4*	-*	3.29*	.891*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2012-13	Tappara	ET	3*	-*	1.30*	.947*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	-	1.51	.949	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland	EHT	1*	-*	0.00*	1.000*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2013-14	Tappara	ET	6*	-*	2.62*	.923*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2014-15	Tappara	Champions HL	6*	7*	2.95*	.903*	18*	168*	0*	2-4-0 *	366*	\|
	Finland	EHT	1*	-*	1.00*	.966*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2015-16	Finland	EHT	3*	-*	2.73*	.897*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2016-17	Finland	EHT	1*	-*	7.00*	.788*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2017-18	Finland	EHT	0*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	- *	-*	\|
2018-19	Finland	EHT	1*	3*	3.00*	.857*	3*	18*	0*	0-1-0 *	58*	\|

Juha Metsola Career Totals

League	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI	\|	Years	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
Champions HL	1	6*	7*	2.95*	.903*	18*	168*	0*	2-4-0*	366	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	6	7*	3*	3.13*	.857*	3*	18*	0*	0-1-0*	58	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	3	13*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	2	-	1.51*	.949*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
International	6	11*	3*	3.13*	.857*	3*	18*	0*	0-1-0*	58	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	2	8*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
KHL	7	319*	361*	2.08*	.928*	641*	8 244*	33*	149-130-29*	18 475	\|	5	38	38	2.02*	.939*	79*	1 212*	3*	20-18-0*	2 345*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	8	197*	59*	1.91*	.936*	108*	1 581*	8*	26-16-14*	3 386	\|	4	56	-	2.23*	.924*	47*	569*	1*	11-8-0*	1 266*
Mestis	4	19*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
NL	2	75*	-*	3.05*	.907*	217*	2 111*	1*	26-34-5*	4 275	\|	1	3	-	3.01*	.911*	9*	92*	0*	1-2-0*	180*
OG	1	0*	2*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	14*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	1	-	10.89*	.706*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
U18 SM-sarja	3	18*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	2	0	-	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	23*	-*	2.66*	.922*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-	\|	1	5	-	2.84*	.913*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*
WHL	2	83*	-*	2.51*	.910*	200*	2 010*	8*	45-28-6*	4 780	\|	2	28	-	2.68*	.899*	76*	677*	3*	16-11-1*	1 701*
WJC-18	1	4*	6*	2.11*	.919*	7*	79*	0*	2-1-0*	199	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	1	4*	6*	1.47*	.939*	6*	92*	0*	3-1-0*	245	\|	0			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Juha Metsola Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2005-2006
- U18 SM-sarja Champion
2006-2007
- U18 WJC Best GAA (2.11)
2007-2008
- CHL Goaltender of the Week (Apr. 29)
- CHL Goaltender of the Week (Apr. 15)
- CHL Goaltender of the Week (Mar. 3)
2008-2009
- U20 WJC Best GAA (1.47)
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2009-2010
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2012-2013
- SM-liiga Player of the Month (January)
- SM-liiga Silver Medal
2013-2014
- Liiga Silver Medal
2014-2015
2015-2016
- KHL All-Star Game
2018-2019
- KHL All-Star Game
- KHL Best Goaltender
- KHL First All-Star Team
- KHL Goaltender of the Month (October)
- KHL Goaltender of the Month (April)
- KHL Playoffs Best SVS% (.956)
2019-2020
- KHL All-Star Game
2021-2022
- KHL Goaltender of the Month (September)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
05/09/2024
05/09/2024	Confirmed	EHC Kloten	Tappara
01/15/2023
01/15/2023	Extension	EHC Kloten	EHC Kloten
06/20/2022
06/20/2022	Confirmed	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	EHC Kloten
05/15/2019
05/15/2019	Extension	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
05/01/2018
05/01/2018	Confirmed	Amur Khabarovsk	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
01/26/2016
01/26/2016	Extension	Amur Khabarovsk	Amur Khabarovsk
06/25/2015
06/25/2015	Confirmed	Tappara	Amur Khabarovsk
05/20/2013
05/20/2013	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
03/28/2011
03/28/2011	Confirmed	HPK	Tappara
01/04/2011
01/04/2011	Loan	HPK	Ilves
02/17/2010
02/17/2010	Loan	HPK	TuTo Hockey
12/02/2009
12/02/2009	Loan	HPK	KooKoo
10/10/2009
10/10/2009	Loan	HPK	LeKi
05/04/2009
05/04/2009	Confirmed	Lethbridge Hurricanes	HPK

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2007, 1 #25 overall by Lethbridge Hurricanes in the CHL Import Draft

Cult/Star player for Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Cult/Star player for Tappara